New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-30
HISCOCK ON THE ISSUES.
A ROUsING SPEECH MADE IN BROOKLYN.

PARTIES THE TARIFF QUESTION.
Atthe large Republican campaign meeting hold at tn
Palace Rink, in Brooklyn last evening" Senator Franz
Hiscock was one Of the principal speakers. His ab
address, which was received with great enthusiasm
given herewith in full After being introduced BY eK
District Attorney TenAey lie sail:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: These two great cities o
Brooklyn and Ncw-York with combined population
OF about two millions, controlling enormous volume
OF wealth. engaged in prosecuting successfully nearly
all of the mechanic arts, producing immense guam
tity of manufactured products and possessing grca
State and Interstate trade aud commerce, with thcl
unrvallcd facilities for railroad and water Transports
ton. and controlling foreign trade aspiring tt
and VIII accomplish the commercial supremacy of the
world but it is not commerce with European nations
that Will give 1t to them Our agricultural products
alone can successfully compete In theiI
ural products of our sister nations upon this hcm
sphere %9a Ag sn5 ao sd india gT T
ana territories contrbutory to thcm or that may be
maze native to SS rich ac a%s ol maa
iactur9 and mannfacturi1g industries, which
by the laws of development and trade must aid them
III their progress TO commercial supremacy. Our noun
the various materials from agriculture, and our
forests are yet rich I'm timber our manual labor IS
lty, and combination OF capital I'm respect TO both
transportation and manufacture by the aid OF labor
'i' ri-"'iS ~" VI
production, and you have in all these tho aid Of a
great power for The advancement Of your commerce
and trade.
NECESSARY To sEzH FOR MARKET.
II IS fair TO say that people By the law Of ne
cessy compelled ~ seek for a market and It
IS idle to talk that lnciobangc OF commodities with
Europe can greatly advance our prosperity when
practically all that We oSchangc there our
agricultural products at low competitive price There
are other markets and you must have them. They
are nearer To us. naturally more I'm sympathy with
and by The policy Of our Government may well say
crime OF our GONcrnmcnt-yOu arc unable to
compete In them with European rivals. (Applauscl
In this country we have already an immense inter
state commercial trade which centres here, and do
not hesitate 10 say for the future that It's cultivation
and development at the expense of European trade
would he the advant agcous our country, but
the portion OF that which comes naturally TO us we
certainly should hold but the day has long been passed
for dependence upon H. II IS fact that The lmpora-
tions Of South America Central America and the Mexi
can States can ond may be supplied by the United
states (ApplauscJ
CHANGES IN THE METHOD or MANUFACTURING
This is equally true in respect TO all the markets
which manufacturing for home consumption has not been
well established In the last few years there has been
revolution In the methods OF manufacturing. more
complete organization Of capital and wonderful I'm
provencnts I'm labor saving machinery have clcapcncd
production, and, where machinery Is the main OF
production, the products carry TO competitive
markets. Thi, Is true 10 all the cheaper fabrics tina,
arc consumed at home and abroad and in the line Of
cheaper fabrics included those which few ycars
ago were dcnOniuatcd tho luYures Of life all that T.
essential now TO enable us to grasp the TRADE Of the
non nanulaotnrns nations Of the ear ia Is transportation
to them (Applause)
New York City and Brooklyn have long clamorcd for
Federal adj and American producers and merchants
from Maine to Texas have united with them, but the
policy Of this Administration ha- been and is free
trade upon land and sea. England, Germany and
Franco afford the highest degree Of protection their
manufacturers and ample and productive facilities for
her tio - ~ - a. ''S az w" ai,I, IT ~
maint aiming her armies and navc- her payments for
goods for Government u,p In excess of our taxation
nca'N, II not fully, amount to our tanf taxes sho
furnishes transportation to her traders for their surplus
goods 10 markets that should he ows AM would De
our with the same fostering car" on the part 81 the
Federal Government. Npplau-cJ
This IS true Of The other Governments whose people
we are compelled to compete with: n is thoir policy
10 build up foreign trade and II Is tho policy Of this
To tear ours down. The great south
rom a supposed poverty I'm mineral wealth AMI from
supposed ability a. ono time TO control III. n@rho' A.
past and now continue, {" mako ~ purely agricul
Iral people, and far h'r couus"ls have prevailed
effort arc continually pnt forth 20 make MS dump
ing ground Oauehtcri for tlc products ~ The cheap
Labor Of Europe
WHAT RrPrHIJCANs ADVOCATE.
What I advocate f. tho protection ~ American
capital (appau,ci invested in foreign lines Of trans
potation and promises 81 future protection 10 future
lines that may be- and would be c,tAl he'd II IL were
afforded (applau-c); that pay orr own people
what II Is fairly worth for our foreign mail service A.
We pay our people what % is fairly worth Tor me
pbTfHfiOn OF uul lNifaUc mai 4dli'I HHih 'H
own railroads and steamboat lines, over our ONE tcr-
Dry along our scabonrl. through lake. and upon
IlNcr- 50 upon the high s"a, "" should pay our
American merchant marine just and fair cOhlpcn-a
Il has been demonstrated that thrcc tlmes the sum
hat would be required would be saved 10 our con !
uIners In the reduction OF the price II the gnou' We
NY. II needs no denomination that 1t would Sunu |
ate and Increase our trade aud transportation tp- !
Iansc.) our capital for rs encouragement to oph |
ID new lines ~ new foreign markets and extend uic !
resent one. dM not ask but "A half and In many |
rs al
dual service but # ha- DENIED There great
nd monstrous cons piracy between the Government At
" ashngton and foreign steamship llnc- 10 control ic
,rcgn markets I'm c Interest Of foreign capital, AID
q far IL has been successful. ,
our Administration Is truly ur-Amcrlcan; nihs'
nire subscrvlenY 10 houth'in Hn.incn' '," n,'s
md places him IN the van ahead oi Lincoln a l'aop'
II progress and dVlIzalIOh
THE SPIRIT OF THE CONFrDERtCY ALIVE
Gentlemen did you note that expression In Nc
address Of an ea Fc loral officer Macon TO the Prci-
lent Of the late COntderacy1 "TaHtward shan nc
principles that fought for continue to roll ana so
Don moves II shall bring the day Of final trump
n that trimnphi procession Abraham Lincoln shsh
rot move as the righth President, but Jefferson
Davis the s0-called leader Of the sO-cailei lost cans
Md when Mr.. Davis waved tho Nag OF treason over
he crowd a Senator In Congress helped lin, and he
ears flowed down hl. checks a. he blessed the hs
taincd by the blood of Union soldiers, and Wa
obcl shout went up from five thousand ga 'ohfu
do not mistake me. do not fear hat Mr.. I1ncon's
ncmnry will ever be supplantcd by that Of JET Dais
loud applauset, or that the issues settled by le
Var will ever bo reversed laplati,c or that tho Dst
'aIscn WIN ever Triumph ana ! have alluded to his
stance only impress upon you the fact that II IL
lo hcro that revive the issues of the War, bn In
he sontb and fhrro most cmphatically for political
,urno.cs and to organize and consolidate their pcplo
n great political organization that assaults them
tries ~ the country AMI check National pfUcss
The fact H. hat, except In few districts. upon pcat
,otca questions the south l. unchanged from whit 1t
yas in 1850.
TIE FUTURE or NEWYORK AND BROOKLN
Gentlemen these cities Of New York and BrOolyn
ave fu uro before them that have not the gems TO
oredct (appause) and 1t is to be accomplished by otter
mise and the control of the new markets Of the Wrd
remember supposed favorIng Of this policy haibcen
,rcrd against distinguished American citizen Since
hem however, when tho question was fairly prcented
In Congress the Representatives Of these two great